INSIDE ATLASSIAN: This Is Where They Make The Software That Software Makers Use

We recently got a chance to take a look at the San Francisco office of Atlassian, a company whose software helps programmer write software.

It just named Doug Burgum, the founder of Great Plains Software, and its chairman. cofounder Mike Cannon-Brooke, was in town from Sydney. Cannon-Brookes and Atlassian president Jay Simons showed me around the office, which occupies a huge warehouse in San Francisco's SoMa district.

Teams here work on products like HipChat and Jira. It's the second-largest office after Atlassian headquarters in Sydney. Atlassian also has offices in the Netherlands, Poland, Malaysia, and Brazil.

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Here's the entrance, which faces Harrison Street across from the freeway.

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While you're waiting, you can leaf through photos of Atlassian's holiday party.

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The office is on two levels. It currently houses 140, but can fit another 40 or so.

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In the big open court, there's lots of casual seating—chairs and beanbags.

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The risers accommodate all-hands meetings. Communication is important for a company that's distributed around the world.

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Atlassian acquired HipChat, an online collaboration tool, and kept the team intact. They have a corner on the second floor.

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Cofounder Mike Cannon-Brookes surveys his domain. "I need a big, evil chair so I can point to people and say, 'You, you're not working hard enough! Is that Facebook?'"

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He's kidding, of course, but if he weren't, employees could always escape to this lounge.

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A bubble-chair swing. You've got one at home, right?

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Twin massage chairs.

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There are private "phone booth" offices. Atlassian president Jay Simons shows us the reservation system, which runs on wall-mounted iPads.

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Most of the conference rooms have glass walls. Cannon-Brookes tells me they realized they needed to have a private space for board meetings, so they retrofitted this room for the purpose.

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Here's a reason why startups love warehouse spaces: lots of light.

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Atlassian has a system called "sécondement," where employees get sent around the world. Why is there a horse's head on this programmer's desk? His colleagues got tired of waiting for him to transfer from Sydney, so they ordered one as a prank to substitute for him.

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Like some of our colleagues at Business Insider, Atlassian president Jay Simons works at a standing desk.

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Here's a kitchen.

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Internet memes enforce cleanliness.

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Jay Simons shows off a beer-delivery trike. New employees must wheel it around to deliver suds.

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Biking to work is really popular. There's a large bike room.

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Atlassian's logo, styled after the Greek hero Atlas holding up the world, is called "Charlie." (As in Charles Atlas—get it?)

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Here's the lunchroom and play area, featuring a ping-pong table.

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Cornhole, a bag-tossing game, is popular in San Francisco. A local company manufactured this board.

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Mary, a technical writer at Atlassian, gives her dog, Moxie, a snack. There are eight dogs who regularly come to work at Atlassian.

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The back of the office faces a park. That's convenient for dog walks and basketball games.